Chapter Activity Report Blog

Originally Posted By Natasha A. Bartolotta

Alpha Zeta at Cornell is so excited to announce the successful completion of our first Beef-A-Palouza event! We coordinated with the Beef Checkoff to hold an amazing educational and fun-filled day all about beef. On a beautiful, sunny Friday we spent all day outside on the Ag Quad engaging as many students as possible in our many activities and booths. There was hay bale tossing, roping, cows, free beef jerkey, and educational booths where students could guess what products contained beef ...

Puerto Rico Chapter’s participated in the International Shoreline Clean Up 2014, helping along with many other volunteers from Scuba Dogs and Campus Verde, to clean and count the trash lining the Jobos Beach in Isabela. Seven members of the Chapter participated in this national cleaning on Saturday, September 20, 2014 from 7:30a.m. to 12:00m. We were able to collect around 90 pounds of trash plus three tires, from cars and bicycles. However, life can’t be all work and no play, so after ...

The North Carolina Chapter completed its first service project of the new year. Last weekend, we met at CORRAL Riding Academy. CORRAL is a non-profit organization that helps at-risk girls by providing riding lessons, therapy, tutoring, and bonding experiences with horses. Sixteen of our Brothers spent part of their Sunday clearing a trail to ride horses, mucking stalls, and mowing lawns. It was a humbling experience, and we were all grateful to be around each other and the beautiful ...

Cornell's chapter of Alpha Zeta has just ended a very fun and exciting rush week. We had a number of events at our house and out in the greater Ithaca area. Interested potential new members joined us for events such as barbecues at the house, trivia night at the Nines restaurant, trips to Purity Ice Cream, and an afternoon at Taughannock State Park. It was a great way for members to bond with each other and meet new people as well. After a fun start to the semester, we are looking forward to ...

On September 10 we had a Hot Dog fundraiser in our Agricultural Sciences building from 8:30am to 2:00pm. All the materials for the sale were donated by our members and with the money we made we will fund future fundraisers. The sale was a success we had 11 members help during the whole sale to work between classes and we made a total of $195.30.

The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Chapter had a new officers welcoming dinner on September 7 at Chilli's. Last years officers told anecdotes about their experiences as officers and made many recommendations as to what we can do differently this year. Dr. Lizette Gonzales Gill and Dr. Angel A. Custodio with his wife came to the dinner, they have always been of great help to us and we can always count on them for any support and guidance we need. The dinner also helped the new officers ...

On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 the Cal Epsilon chapter of Fresno State started off our school year with a Backyard Game Night. Seventeen members brought their favorite games, blankets and game faces for a little friendly competition. We gathered in the backyard of a brothers house to share stories of our summer adventures, enjoy some pizza and discuss the numerous opportunities that our chapter will have this year. You can expect to see Scholarship, Fellowship, Leadership and Character ...

Nine members participated in The Ohio State University's annual day of community service called Community Commitment. The nine members along with other students were bussed from the university to a community location. Our group went to Ark House Inc. Ark House is a non profit corporation that provides residential and habilitations home care services for developmentally disabled individuals. While participating at Ark House for 3 hours, we helped with internal house cleaning as well as ...

The North Carolina Chapter participated in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) College Connections event yesterday. At NCSU, Wolfpack Welcome Week is an annual week where students can meet new friends, experience campus life, and learn about clubs and organizations. Each year, CALS hosts a College Connections event during this week, and Alpha Zeta participates in the Club Fair. At the fair, we manned a booth and spoke with students who were interested in learning what ...

The North Carolina Chapter’s officer team went on a retreat in Emerald Isle, North Carolina this past weekend to brainstorm and discuss the upcoming year. With the new school year just around the corner, it was a perfect opportunity to gather together and share ideas before the new semester starts. Four out of the five officers were in attendance, and it was a very productive retreat. A majority of the time was spent coming up with fundraising ideas and revising our financial plans and ...